Hi

Some samples of Blue-Black ink brands:




Caran d'Ache looks fine to me

Thank you for taking the time to do this comparison.

I have gotten some different results from a couple of the inks you posted, and I find the differences interesting. My bottle of older Parker Quink, if indeed you used Quink, dries to a somewhat olive shade and has an almost ancient look to it. My results with Pelikan b-b look more like the Caran d'Ache, but I use it with B and BB nibs. I just commented in another thread that I really like the vintage look I get with the Pel b-b and I like to use it in holiday cards for an "old timey," nostalgic effect.

Hi FrankB

In these samples I've used six M Parker nibs (six Parker fountain pens) in a normal white paper (used for copies). I like very much the blue-black color, but as you see, there are several blue-black's. The Watermen BB, really, as it dries, becomes more likely turquoise or even greenish. The same thing to the new Parker BB ink. For me, the better, among these, is without doubt Caran d'Ache BB (also named Blue Night). Indeed I've used the Parker Quink. The bottle has about 15 years old and has written 'contains Solv-X' in the two colors label (white and deep blue). But the color is still fine.

Regards

Blue-black ink means "starts out looking blue, and then the blue disappears and the ink turns black". The finished writing is supposed to be just black, perhaps with a hint of blue remaining, something like the MB sample.

It would be nice if ink manufacturers whose inks don't have this feature would rename the colour to something more accurate - perhaps Dull Turquoise? (That Caran d'Ache ink looks very good, but its name is perfect already - it is not a blue-black at all, though it's a good ink.)

Hi

I'm agree with you. Montblanc BB is more accurate, indeed.
Particulary I like very much Caran d'Ache. But, indeed, the label name is Blue Night, and not Blue-Black